Arkhangelsk

Hooker Island

Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Description:

The island is located in Russia, in the Arkhangelsk region. The administrative center of the island is the Primorsky district. It is named after the traveler and botanist Joseph Hooker.

The base of the island consists of basalt, on it there are glacial domes, from the central part of the island towards the ocean from the plateau of stone there are outlet glaciers.

In the north side of the island, divided by the Aller-Jung tide, is the island of Ketlitsa, in the northwestern part, behind the large British Channel is the largest island of Franz Josef Land, which is called George Land.

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